holy tethered cow! new Mersenne prime? (M43-related)

ixfd64 · 2005-12-16, 06:50

Check the PrimeNet status page.

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Factored composite: 748
Lucas-Lehmer composite: 4113
Double-checked LL: 2362
Prime, UNVERIFIED: 1

Recently, I had an extremely strong sixth-sense feeling that we would find something good soon. Something just kept driving me to check the PrimeNet status page obsessively for some reason. :)

akruppa · 2005-12-16, 07:29

Could this be the fabled 10M digit prime at last?

Alex

E_tron · 2005-12-16, 07:52

whoa

axn · 2005-12-16, 07:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by E_tron

whoa

I'll second that!

ppo · 2005-12-16, 09:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by akruppa

Could this be the fabled 10M digit prime at last?

Alex

I hope not

it will spoil part of the fun....
By the way, GP2 used to do a great job in analyzing data to point to the number. Is someone taking up the challenge ?

fatphil · 2005-12-16, 11:38

Fingers crossed.

I had a feeling in my water these last few weeks that RieselSieve was just about to drop a new prime (it is time, I'm sure). It appears I was very wrong!

Not counting chickens, but verification should occur before the new year, almost certainly, I'd have thought. 2 in a year hasn't happened since 1996, when GIMPS took its first prime, topping Slowinski & Gage.

Mystwalker · 2005-12-16, 12:04

Let's see who got a rare christmas present...

pacionet · 2005-12-16, 12:36

Grrrrr, I think that the this exponent is near to mine....
How can we know which is the probable new prime ?

akruppa · 2005-12-16, 13:19

We can't until the official announcement - unless there's some kind of blooper again...

Alex

pacionet · 2005-12-16, 13:53

What do you mean with "blooper" ? I don't speak and read English perfectly and Italian translators for "blooper" say "blooper" , they don't help much ..

jasonp · 2005-12-16, 13:59

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Originally Posted by pacionet

What do you mean with "blooper" ? I don't speak and read English perfectly and Italian translators for "blooper" say "blooper" , they don't help much ..

A colloquial term for a comical mistake. GIMPS has had machines report an assignment as prime but for which the verification run didn't work. Each time Prime95 gets more changes to avoid false alarms. I suspect the waiting is much worse on the machine's owner than the rest of us :)

jasonp

2005-12-16, 12:36	#8
pacionet Oct 2005 Italy 3×113 Posts	Grrrrr, I think that the this exponent is near to mine.... How can we know which is the probable new prime ? Last fiddled with by pacionet on 2005-12-16 at 12:42

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2005-12-16, 07:29	#2
akruppa "Nancy" Aug 2002 Alexandria 2,467 Posts	Could this be the fabled 10M digit prime at last? Alex

2005-12-16, 07:52	#3
E_tron Sep 2002 Austin, TX 3·11·17 Posts	whoa

2005-12-16, 11:38	#6
fatphil May 2003 3·5·17 Posts	Fingers crossed. I had a feeling in my water these last few weeks that RieselSieve was just about to drop a new prime (it is time, I'm sure). It appears I was very wrong! Not counting chickens, but verification should occur before the new year, almost certainly, I'd have thought. 2 in a year hasn't happened since 1996, when GIMPS took its first prime, topping Slowinski & Gage.

2005-12-16, 12:04	#7
Mystwalker Jul 2004 Potsdam, Germany 1100111111₂ Posts	Let's see who got a rare christmas present...

2005-12-16, 13:19	#9
akruppa "Nancy" Aug 2002 Alexandria 2,467 Posts	We can't until the official announcement - unless there's some kind of blooper again... Alex

2005-12-16, 13:53	#10
pacionet Oct 2005 Italy 3×113 Posts	What do you mean with "blooper" ? I don't speak and read English perfectly and Italian translators for "blooper" say "blooper" , they don't help much ..